Wikileaks publishing of 250,000+ diplomatic cables is a defining moment for the Western world. A young soldier allegedly stole volumes of classified and secret information from the U.S. government. The documents were acquired by Wikileaks, who is in the process of putting them all on the web.

A conversation I saw on Twitter pointed me to an article on reason.com titled, "The War on Cameras" about the right of citizens to record public officials. Thanks @mckeay & @georgevhulme, this is better than what I had planned. :)

Edward Wyatt and Tanzina Vega at the NY Times report that the FTC is recommending internet users be allowed to decide whether or not their surfing and buying habits tracked. Groups like the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) are encouraged, but don't see a "do not track" option as the perfect solution to online privacy concerns.

The EFF Deeplinks blog reports this week on three court cases regarding the feds use of cell phone and GPS tracking. Over all it looks promising, although the feds are predictably arguing that they should be able to track us using our cell phones and other geo-location technology without a warrant. But although it looks hopeful, we have to remain vigilant or have our right abridged, limited, and nullified.

Eric Berry on Allfacebook.com reports that Walid Husayin of Qalqilya in Palestine is facing possible life in prison for claiming to be God in several Facebook groups he created. He also criticized the Islamic faith and created mock Quran verses that encouraged people to smoke marijuana.

The Colorado Supreme Court has overturned the identity theft conviction of Felix Montes-Rodriguez. This case is important because according to the courts decision, the fact that he used a stolen Social Security number did not make his action identity theft: